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Saturday, February 28, 2015

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Kylieand she has chosen the code word... DISTRESS. Possibilities are endless, you can use distress inks, you can use distress edges of paper or even work with theme. I would also like to welcome back our Guest Designer Ellen Parker of "In a world of craft"! You will love the beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our winner will win £15 E-Gift Certificate to use on the website from our amazing sponsor Uniko Studio

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my fourth inspiration card for you. I went with patterned paper background :)

This card was pretty simple to make. To make this card, I took a patterned paper and cut it to the size of card front. then I took water color card stock to create two fish tail banners, I stamped the sentiment in one and the coffee cup in another and the added some water color washes. I adhered it all on card base to finish my card. I am playing along with Spring Coffee Lovers bloghop! You might already know about it... Coffee lovers now have a blog dedicated to them, HERE.

Head over to ourSTAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Tenth spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am showcasing a the step by step process to make a clean and elegant card

Monday, February 23, 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for you. I went with silhouette look over an inked background :)

To make this card, I took a panel of white card stock and inked it on green with maximum intensity at the base. Then I stamped the poppies, and colored them in black to give the illusion of silhouette. To add more interest I cut out the panel into multiple diagonal strips and then laid these on the card base.

Head over to ourSTAMPlorations blog to get more inspiration. Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Well! today is one for those special days when I got a chance to make cards just to play along a few challenges. I hardly get a chance to play along, the way I used too ;)

My first card uses distress inks and masking, quick and CAS. To make this card, I used a post it note to cut three different wavy shapes to serve as my masks. I took a panel and distress inks and inked these with variation on intensity of the inks while masking simultaneously.

Then I created another card. Here I was inspired by a few challenges and also one of the designs from fabulous Therese Calvird from one of her cards HERE. She is just amazing... I am always inspired by her :) Thank you for all your awesome videos and amazing inspiration :) In my card instead of stamping on the base, I used some patterned paper panel :)

To make these card, I took the die as a guide to trace the number of die cuts I would need to cover my panel. I then cut these dies and inked them in different shades of Distress ink, then I laid them all on the panel. To finish the card, I added the sentiment. You can also work with colored papers/ patterned paper or use different dies to create variations :)

Saturday, February 14, 2015

We are back with a new challenge at Addicted to CAS . This time the host of the challenge is fabulous Harrietand she has chosen the code word... MASK. Possibilities are endless, you can work with the literal word and use a mask in you creation or you can do a very popular technique of masking . I would also like to welcome our Guest Designer Ellen Parker of "In a world of craft"! You will love the beauty she created :) Check out more of her creations HERE

Our DT has come up with some amazing projects this week. Pop over to our ATCAS challenge blog here and take a peek. I am looking forward to the challenge this fortnight and am very excited to visit your blogs.

I am not done yet! I am adding this card to a previously written post, I created this card for my husband :D yesterday and I had to share it. This again used Mama Elephant goodness...

Friday, February 13, 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we have got more inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and we invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations (or her choice of any 2 ARTplorations stencils). We will also be highlighting the best CASEs.. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show my second inspiration card for you. I went with a fairly simple design this time I was inspired by the colors from the patterned paper I used :)

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Hello friends! Today I am up with a spotlight project over at the STAMPlorations blog. This is my Ninth spotlight feature and I hope I will be able to inspire you. I am showcasing a fun technique with stencil and embossing paste.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Hello friends! I am back to announce the winner for my GIVEAWAY! I am so thankful to all of you who stopped by my blog. It means a lot to me :) Your constant love and support has helped me to make it to the place I am. With you all in the blog land, crafting has become all the more exciting, inspiring and meaningful :)

I asked my husband to randomly pick a winner from the chits made with all your names and the winner is....

Congratulations Lynn ! I will email you and get the giveaway on your way :)

I can't thank you guys enough... giveaway was just a little gesture to show how much I appreciate you all :) I have a lot to catch up on your blogs too, will be visiting you soon but for now I have a card to share.

I have been eyeing on Mama Elephant for a while, they have the cutest stamps ever :) Finally, I got a few sets as a Valentine gift from my dear husband ! There is no gift better than a crafty gift ;) LOL

Monday, February 9, 2015

Hello friends! Today at the STAMPlorations blog, we are got a ton of inspiration for you. You can check out the Inspiration Posts HERE and I invite you to CASE one of our cards and link it up to the Inspiration CASE Playground. You are not required to use STAMPlorations stamps to play along, You can use any stamps from any company as long as you are making the card for fun.

At the end of the Inspiration Post on the STAMPlorations blog you will find InLinkz which will be open until the March 5th and wait we also have prizes. One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate towards your purchase at STAMPlorations. Sounds like fun !!

So let me show you my first inspiration card for you. I went with a fairly simple design because the sentiment does the work for you :D

I did some water color wash on the base with Distress ink. Then added some splatter in same color. Next I stamped the sentiment in two colors black and red, indicating that all the color splash is from the sentiment itself. Finally, I stamped the rose and shaded is with a charcoal pencil.

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Time for another mixed media delight with fun challenge at The Mixed Media Card Challenge #8 - Love. You can also join in the fun irrespective of your style!! Read about mixed media definition HERE and u will know what I am talking about. So let's see what our challenge is and what I created...